A Key Management Server (KMS) is a cryptographic appliance that allows for the standards-compliant management of the encryption key lifecycle: creating, managing, distributing, and retiring keys. Futurex key management devices are a hardened, enterprise-class key management platform with full key and certificate lifecycle management as well as role-based user permissions and full automation capabilities.

What's the Purpose of a Key and Certificate Management Device?

Cryptographic systems and client devices use many different keys for encrypting sensitive data, each of which must be securely generated and stored. Additionally, the identity of connecting devices, often a client and a server, must be authenticated by verifying digital certificates. These digital certificates are issued by a trusted certificate authority and ensure the integrity of electronic communication, certifying that the data has not been tampered with and devices have not been substituted.

Futurex Key Management Servers provide a secure, functional platform for businesses to create and manage these different keys and certificates all in one convenient location. Users are able to store, delete, and keep track of existing keys and certificates as well as generate new keys and certificates as needed.

Features

Security

Key Management Servers play an important role in protecting sensitive data, so ensuring that the keys created will be secure is highly critical. Futurex key and certificate management devices provide both physical and logical security features such as permission-based user controls, dual control, reinforced steel chassis with lock plates, and tamper-responsive wiring that will zeroize sensitive data if the device is penetrated.

Regulatory Compliance

Continuous adherence to regulatory compliance is one of the most important responsibilities for every business, even when adopting encryption devices to help your organization meet or go beyond the scope of your compliance. Futurex key and certificate management devices offer both FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and PCI-HSM compliance, among others, for added protection of your system.

Remote Management

Our Key Management Servers allow customers to securely manage keys and certificates from a remote location, which saves both time and money associated with traveling back and forth between multiple data centers. Through a PKI-secured connection between servers and client devices, these Futurex units eliminate planning and traveling for key ceremonies as well as reduce overall administrative cost.

Scalability

Organizations can implement a scalable infrastructure that can increase processing power without extensive downtime or removal from service using Futurex Key Management Servers. This scalability provides companies the ability to keep pace with increases in volume and growing business needs.

Disaster Recovery and Redundancy

Automatically synchronize and back up Futurex key and certificate management devices, store key components on smart cards, or print key component backups to be kept in an off-site location. Using the Futurex Guardian9000 for masterless peering, customers can replicate keys, certificates, and configuration data across multiple Key Management Servers.

Data Storage Volume

Whether you’re looking to store a large number of keys or a small number of keys with room to expand later, Futurex key and certificate management devices can offer companies the ability to generate and store millions of keys as well as organize those keys through key groups, key group format cloning, key templates and filters, and more.